Lab Notes

Another sign that Microsoft gets it: they invited a bunch of hackers to the headquarters to learn about their techniques and motiviations. No large software company is as focused on security as Microsoft. That's largely because they have had — and continues to have — such a huge number of security vulnerabilities, but Microsoft has come a long way. Every engineer at the company has it pounded into his or her head that security is the first thing that should be considered when writing new code. Now if we can only get other software companies on board...